Pago Capellanes, Nogal Brut Zero citrus and a similar hint

citrus and a similar hint of rosemary oil

The 2009 Barolo Riserva Vecchie Viti dei Capalot e delle Brunate (tasted in magnum) shows deep espresso and coffee notes at the outset that transform to dark fruit and sweet dark fruit

mineral and wild underbrush

mineral and spice

culminating in a firm finish that evidences dense but fine tannins

Pago Capellanes, Nogal Brut Zero citrus and a similar hintThe 2009 Parcela El Nogal is a single vineyard wine from a 13 year old plot called El Nogal (the oak tree) that is fermented in oak vats and carried out its malolactic fermentation in barrique where the wine aged for 22 months in oak. It has a clear animal character, with notes of leather, hung meat, tempera paint, fountain pen ink, licorice and peat with a good layer of oak related aromas on top of the ripe black fruit. The palate is medium bodied,